420 BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OE H.M.S. HERALD. 
DIOSCOREJ?:. 
627. DioscOREA acuUata, Linn., Wight, Icon. t. 2060. Hongicong (Hance !) 
SMILACE^. 
628. Ophiopogon gracilis, Kunth, Enura. vol. v. p. 298. — O.spicatus, Schauer, non Gawl. In 
grassy places (Haucc !). 
629. Ophiopogon spicatus, Gawl., Kth. Enum. vol. v. p. 299. In grassy places (Hance ! Cliam- 
pion !). 
630. SMiLAx/eroa;, "Wall. ; glaljra, ramis teretibus aculeatis, ramulis subangulatis, foliis raniu- 
laceis ovato-oblongis ovato-lanceolatis vel obovatis acuto-mucronatis basi rotundatis vel attenuatis 
5-ncrviis subtus glaiiccsccntibus, umbellis axillaribus soUtariis, petiolura carinatum ecirratum super- 
antibus, perigonii foliolis cxtcrioribus ovato-oblongis interioribus paulo brevioribus oblongo-lancco- 
latis, staminibus liberis, antlieris apertis late oblongis filamento triple bre\4oribus, baccis globosis 
3-spermis. Trailing over shrubs (Champion ! Hance !). Also collected in China by Fortune (n. 71), 
and in the Khassiya Hills by Griffith. 
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G31. Smilax lanctefoUa, Roxb. (Tab. XCIX.) ; glabra, inermis vel sparse aculeata, ramis teretibus, 
foliis oblongis acuminatis, acumiue complicato-recurvatis, in petiolum dorso carinatum decurrentibus 
3-5-ner\iis, umbellis axillaribus simplicibus longc peduneulatis, pcdunculis supra basin bibracteolatis, 
lobis perigonii exterioribus oblongis acutiusculis, interioribus paulo minoribus, staminibus liberis, an- 
theris apertis subobovato- oblongis obtusis filamento triplo brevioribus, baccis globosis. — S, lancm- 
folia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p. 792.— S. oxypJnjJla, Wall. Cat. n. 5128 !— Kth. Enum. vol. v. p. 238, 
excl. syn. ! Trailing over shrubs (Champion ! Hance !} ; Khassiya Hills (Griffith !). 
A scandent shrub, resembling S.(/Jahra, Roxb., but differing in being sometimes aculeate, and not having 
glaucous fohage and fruit, sessile anthers, etc. 
Plate XCIX. Fig. 1, a male flower, not open ; 2, male flower, open ; 3, a stamen ; 4, a branch, with 
ripe fruit ; 5, a single ripe fruit ; 6 and 7, sections of ditto i—all, with exception of fig. 4, magnified. 
632. Smilax glabra, Roxb. (Tab. C.) ; inermis, caule ramisque teretibus laevibus, foliis lanceo- 
latis vel ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis basi attenuatis vel rotundatis 3-5-nerviis subtus glauccsconti- 
bus, umbellis axillaribus simplicibus brcviter peduuculatis vel sessilibus soUtariis, gemmis floriferis tri- 
lobis, perigonii foliolis exterioribus obcordatis, interioribus subrotundatis denticulatis, antheris cor- 
datis sessilibus, baccis obovato-oblongis vel globosis glaucis.— ^. glabra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p. 793. 
Trailing over shrubs (Hinds ! Champion ! Hance ! Seemann !) ; also gathered by Millet : Silhct 
(Wallich!). 
A scandent, unarmed shrub. Leaves, including petiole, from 3-5 inches long, and from ^U inch 
broad, easily distinguished from the other species by its ghiucous foliage and fruit. 
Plate C. Fig. 1, an entire male flower, not quite open ; 2, the same, open ; 3, one of the inner sepals ; 
4 and 5, anthers ; 6, branch, with ripe fruit ; 7, young fruit ; 8 and 9, sections of ditto ; 10, ripe fruit ; 11, 
12, 13, different yiews of seed; 14, seed, cut open; 15, embryo :~aU, with exception of fig. G, magnijied. 
633. Smilax Hongkongensis, Seem.; inermis, glabra, ramis striatis, ramulis subangulatis, foliis 
cordatis vel ovatis acnniiuatis mucronatis, umbellis axiUaribus soUtariis vel geminis, perigonii foliolis 
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